Events

A variety of short talks / some illustrated, by members of ELHS on their chosen subjects. In no order 5 from the 7 below.

Warwick Davis "Local Archives"

Kevin Gordon "Update on Eastbourne's Heritage List & Eastbourne Heritage Open Days 2026"

Mick Hymans/ Adrian Backshall "Gangers Huts",

David Jones "Engineering Apprenticeships"

Lionel Jones "History of Willingdon Post Office",

Russell Owen " Randomly Selected"

Alan Ticehurst " Survey of the coast of Sussex made in 1587 with a view to its defence against foreign invasion. Especially the Spanish Armada. (In the time of Queen Elizabeth).

Henry Currey (1820-1900) has been described as the "single most important aesthetic influence on the making of Eastbourne" Kim Adams will tell us about Currey from his early years training as an architect under Decimus Burton and Joseph Paxton. He was brought to Eastbourne by the 7th Duke of Devonshire and spent the rest of his long career delivering the Duke's vision for a seaside town of the highest rank, responsible for laying out the seafront parades and the extension to Meads, designing buildings such as the Devonshire Park Theatre and acting as the Duke's agent in the town.

ELHS chairperson Russell Owen in an illustrated talk will tell us about the life and work of his great-great grandfather Eastbourne artist James Owen (1846-1929)

In this illustrated talk ELHS member Tim Cookson tells us about Peter Dulvey Stonham and the building's he designed and built. Tim has been working on his book about Stonham for years and the ELHS have been working with Tim to get this published. Hopefully Tim will have copies of his book to sign and bring an end to Tim's long running project.